Image to followAI-generated illustrationVaccinium uliginosum
Vaccinium uliginosum
FamilyGenus: Vacciniumnative in Germany
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About this species
Vaccinium uliginosum is a low-growing, deciduous shrub native to Great Britain, blooming from May to June.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Annual cycle
Deciduous shrub, in flower from May to June.
Standort & Merkmale
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Flowering period
Mai – Jun
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Strauch
Woodiness
Verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Leaf phenology
Laubabwerfend
Plant height
0.173 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Scientific profile
Vaccinium uliginosum is a low, deciduous shrub of the heather family (Ericaceae). It typically reaches heights around 17 cm and bears broad leaves with a mean area of about 81 mm². The leaves are shed each autumn. The plant forms ericoid mycorrhizal associations. Flowering occurs from May through June, and the minute diaspores, which weigh approximately 0.21 mg, are released after flowering. It is native in Great Britain.
Pollinators & visitors
57 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Lasioglossum calceatumBombus sylvestrisBombus monticolaBombus lucorumBombus pascuorumBombus pratorumBombus bohemicusAndrena carantonicaAndrena fulvaAndrena helvolaAndrena haemorrhoaAndrena lapponicaBombus hypnorumNomada flavaBombus jonellusColias palaenoAporia crataegiBoloria seleneClossiana euphrosynePlebejus argusCallophrys rubiApis melliferaBombus lapidariusAndrena nigroaeneaSterna paradisaeaVespula vulgarisBoloria titaniaDasysyrphus albostriatusLasioglossum fratellumDolichovespula adulterinaDolichovespula omissaVespula rufaDolichovespula saxonicaBombus terrestris/lucorum typeBombus terrestrisCheilosia morioEristalis pertinaxHelophilus pendulusMelanostoma mellinumMeliscaeva cinctellaRhingia campestrisSericomyia lapponaSericomyia silentisLasioglossum punctatissimumSyrphus torvusAndrenaSeladonia tumulorumNomada marshamellaNomada panzeriPlatycheirus albimanus
Host relationships
25 species use this plant as a host
Entephria caesiataZygaena exulansOrthosia incertaMniotype adustaMelanchra persicariaeOrgyia antiquaCalliteara pudibundaPhragmatobia fuliginosaDiaphora mendicaLycaeides idasLasiocampa quercusSelenia dentariaXanthorhoe spadiceariaHydriomena furcataEpirrita autumnataDysstroma citrataAngerona prunariaDysstroma truncataEmaturga atomariaEulithis populataArctia cajaDiacrisia sannioCrocallis elinguariaAutographa pulchrinaAlcis repandata
Other flower visitors
18 other species visit the flowers
Calcarius lapponicusOenanthe oenanthePlectrophenax nivalisLagopus mutaUrsus arctosFormica fuscaBellardia vulgarisBellardia viarumFormica sanguineaGonia piceaSphaerophoriaPanzeria truncataGymnocheta viridisSicus ferrugineusSarcophaga subvicinaBelladia viarumDiptera indet. "mellem sort flue"Appendicia truncata
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
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•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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